This is an analysis of the poem Per Mels Cobrir Lo Mal Pes (Anne) that begins with:

Per melhs cobrir lo mal pes e.l cossire
chan e deport et ai joi e solatz;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXX abXbXX XXXXbX XXXXXX XX X a cXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,2,1,1,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110111110 1101111110 111011111011 1111111011 11101011000 11100101100 11111001010 11101011011 11010111010 1011011111 11101111010 1110111010 10101110110 1111110100 1110111111 1111111010 1111111011 101111011110 1111110110 11111111100 11011110110 1111111000 1101111010 10011111110 0101101100 11101101110 0101011101111101111011011110011110111111101111001111110111110111110 101101010010111111011000111000111011111001111111101110110111100101010100 110101111001101111100101010101000101101111101111100111110111110011010111110111011110000111110010010101110101010111 0101110111111101111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 226
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 67 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 14
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; e, i, and, me, love, it, not, for, to are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines me is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word me at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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